OpenStreetMap Mapathon - Map Madison's Bike Network

posted by Harald Kliems | 129sc

Do you want to help getting Madison's bike network into OpenStreetMap, the project that creates and distributes free geographic data for the world? Join us for this Mapathon where we will use official data from the Metropolitan Planning Organization and your local knowledge to add bike infrastructure data to OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap data is being used by many applications and websites such as Strava or Craigslist. In addition, Places for Bikes is using OpenStreetMap for a rating system that assesses a city's "quality of their all-ages bike networks for every neighborhood or Census block." This data will be important for identifying Madison's low-stress bike network and the many gaps it still has. The current data in OpenStreetMap is not always a perfect representation on what bike facilities there are on the ground, and we want to improve the accuracy during the Mapathon.

View of the intersection of Badger State, Cannonball, and SW Commuter Path in OSM Editor

Please joins us for the event and RSVP below! You don't have to have any experience with editing OpenStreetMap or other maps. We'll have tasks at every skill level. So if you're an OpenStreetMap pro, you're most welcome as well. There will be an introduction to mapping, and several experienced mappers will be availabel to guide you and answer any questions. If you can, please bring your own laptop computer, but there will also be plenty of workstations available at the venue.